Because everyone had been criticizing the earlier plot for being padded and progressing too slowly, I directly sped up the plot before the dungeon ended.
As for the conversations and maneuvering between Tang Song, Wu Kezhi, Zheng Qiu Dong, and the others, because there was too much material, I had originally planned to release it later as a free side story to avoid making things overly redundant.
But judging from the chapter comments, I could tell that readers had strong opinions.
So I revised it again and added it to the main text. (Most of this content had been written in advance.)
Chapter 624 was originally 6,000 words, but it is now 12,000 words. However, the paid word count remains 6,000 words.
Dear readers, you can refresh and read it again.
Because I have been writing a lot recently, my condition has indeed not been very good during this stretch of the story.
I'll take the night off, properly organize the plot outline, reflect on things, and write some side stories.
Dear readers, feel free to leave comments about what kind of side stories you want to see. I'll find time to write them.